Countries in the Pacific Islands, in particular, Papua New Guinea, face overwhelming transnational threats such as drugs, small arms and human trafficking, and money laundering, while state institutions have proven increasingly less capable to effectively address these...

November 19, 2004Select Briefing highlights news in the new European Union (EU) member states from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the countries scheduled to join in the next round of EU enlargement.

Mexico has a larger direct impact on the United States than any other country in the world.1 Some of the realities that prompt this assertion are its large population (more than 105
million), its long contiguous border (about 2,000 miles).

In a series of increasingly urgent meetings over the last year, European diplomats have sought to steer Iran away from a confrontation over its nuclear program. Despite small successes, victory is unlikely. Distrust among all interested parties, combined with the Iranian...

November 12, 2004Select Briefing highlights news in the new European Union (EU) member states from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the countries scheduled to join in the next round of EU enlargement.